Five Things You Can Learn Tomorrow About Ohio Teacher Evaluations

May 24, 2012 | 4:54 PM

Ohio school districts are in the middle of making major changes to how public school teachers are evaluated. The changes come amid a national push to make teacher evaluation actually count. That means using it to help teachers improve and to tie performance to how teachers are paid and whether they keep their jobs.

By the start of next school year, all math and reading teachers in grades four through eight will receive “value added” reports. Those reports will show the teachers–and their principals–whether they’re teaching their students a year’s worth of content, no matter at what level the students start off the school year. It also means educators will be able to identify which teachers are falling short, and which ones are knocking it out of the park.

Are you going to attend? If so, you can tweet with the hashtag #ohedeval. If not, you can follow along at the Ohio Department of Education’s educator evaluation blog.

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